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. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong say tonight's admission is self-serving. >> i believe that he is completely insincere except for this, he is starting to repair his own brand. >> reporter: a brand that was loss millions in endorsements after armstrong was stripped of his seven tour de france titles. on thursday, the international olympic committee stripped armstrong of the bronze medal he won during the 2000 sidney olympics. >> i'll spend the rest of my life trying to earn back trust and apologize to people. >> reporter: accolades gone for a sports icon now coming clean. kurt gregory, nbc news. >> and a quick programming note, this morning on the "today" show, exclu
. >> reporter: after years of denials, stein file tour de france winner lance armstrong admitted to oprah winfrey he did use performance-enhancing drugs. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: it's an admission armstrong had spent more than a decade denying. >> i've used this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: those who have followed armstrong...
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lance armstrong is a teacher. in an interview released tonight by oprah winfrey, armstrong said he needed to use performance enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive tour de france titles. clips in a few minutes. >> our other big story tonight. the snow has arrived. sort of. this is well to the south down in lynchburg, virginia. we have been there this winter system. >> we have storm watch coverage for you right now. bob is tracking what is coming next. we sent jay korff out to find snow. he is now live in virginia. >> we thought there was a possibility of getting a few inches here in the stafford fredericksburg area. it was not meant to be but that did not stop us from finding quite a bit of snow. >> it was going and going. >> this note streaming down -- the snow steaming down we had to drive 30 miles south of stafford virginia to find snow sticking to services. >> ya'll drove down just to see snow? >> he is concerned. conditions along the way are much more treacherous. >> we are going to take our time. and laydo
lance armstrong is a teacher. in an interview released tonight by oprah winfrey, armstrong said he needed to use performance enhancing drugs to win seven consecutive tour de france titles. clips in a few minutes. >> our other big story tonight. the snow has arrived. sort of. this is well to the south down in lynchburg, virginia. we have been there this winter system. >> we have storm watch coverage for you right now. bob is tracking what is coming next. we sent jay korff out to find...
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armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past. you've been on this show. you said, matt, i lied right to your face in the past. >> yes. >> but when you wrote your book and accused lance armstrong of doping he came out strongly against you. and he said, quote -- a statement released by his people, writing a book today about events that allegedly took place more than ten years ago is not about setting the record straight or righting a wrong. it is greedy, opportunistic and self serving. does he owe you an apology? >> for me, he owes an awful lot of other people an apology. i don't need an apology. we've known each other a l
armstrong is talking now is to help lance armstrong. do you still feel that way? >> yeah a bit. but you can tell, it's real. he's very emotional and he's definitely sorry. i don't know. i think it's going to be a hard next few weeks for him, next few months, years. >> i want people -- >> again, he did the right thing, finally. and it's never too late to tell the truth. >> i want people to understand, you are someone who has admitted to lying and doping in the past....
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lance armstrong doesn't say he is sorry. lance armstrong isn't used to telling the truth. >> there are legal ramifications here. today was the deadline if the department of justice to join a lawsuit against armstrong. it is believed the department asked for an extension while they trying to decide if it is a good use of taxpayer money. the interview is not over. part two airs tonight on oprah's network. >> katie, thanks. a san jose mother could face charges after admitting to making up a story of a man trying to kidnap her toddler from her arms. abc7 is live at san jose with the stunning details at the police headquarters. >> her story was detailed. terrifying. but the mother is facing chances for making the whole thing up. the father says he is not surprised. >> could not get away fast enough. >> that was araujo talking how a stranger tried to kidnap her daughter from her amendments in -- her arms on tuesday saying the man spelled like motor oil. there was a seven but in the end miss say it was all a lie. the father who was
lance armstrong doesn't say he is sorry. lance armstrong isn't used to telling the truth. >> there are legal ramifications here. today was the deadline if the department of justice to join a lawsuit against armstrong. it is believed the department asked for an extension while they trying to decide if it is a good use of taxpayer money. the interview is not over. part two airs tonight on oprah's network. >> katie, thanks. a san jose mother could face charges after admitting to making...
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tonight we start to get lance armstrong's side of things. an sloes i have enter -- exclusive interview and the chance to start clearing his name. the highlights tonight. >> after a decade of deaccepttion it's the moment -- deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope. >> yes. >> in an exclusive interview lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail, so to speak was only epo. not a lot, trance fusions and testosterone. >> armstrong apologized. >> all the blame here falls on me. >> the cyclists best friend says armstrong attacked him for refusing to. >> i got e-mails, traitor. >> while armstrong's future is uncertain. >> i've never taken performance enhancing drugs. >> still, lawyers are watching every part of this interview with part 2 airing friday because several lawsuits are in the works. >> i have used this situation as one big lie. >> this confession has also led to more embarrassment, olympic officials have now stripped armstr
tonight we start to get lance armstrong's side of things. an sloes i have enter -- exclusive interview and the chance to start clearing his name. the highlights tonight. >> after a decade of deaccepttion it's the moment -- deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> did you ever take banned substances or dope. >> yes. >> in an exclusive interview lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail, so to...
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. >>> next at 5:00, a different side to lance armstrong. why the disgraced cyclist became emotional in part two of his interview with oprah winfrey. >>> and we will show you what notre dame linebacker manti teo is saying. >> there are some dangerous continues today for the beach and a preview of the maverick surf contest. >>> good evening, we talked about the high surf all week. today the surf got up to about ten feet. expect it to crest by 20, 30 feet by tomorrow and warm conditions. we will talk more about how warm it will be for your sunday coming up. >>> on the eve of the maverick surf contest, dangerous surf and strong riptides are forcing surfers out of the water. a number of surfers were caught in the riptides this afternoon and the coast guard responded to the scene. monte francis is at ocean beach with an update. hopefully they're okay, monte. >> that is the good news. they are all okay. we have a car horn going off here, we apologize for that. total of six surfers, they got into some kind of distress here today. the good news, the
. >>> next at 5:00, a different side to lance armstrong. why the disgraced cyclist became emotional in part two of his interview with oprah winfrey. >>> and we will show you what notre dame linebacker manti teo is saying. >> there are some dangerous continues today for the beach and a preview of the maverick surf contest. >>> good evening, we talked about the high surf all week. today the surf got up to about ten feet. expect it to crest by 20, 30 feet by...
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armstrong. [ laughter ] there you go. [ applause ] it is a busy week for lance armstrong. earlier tonight, he admitted to doping on oprah winfrey, and then he goes to dr. phil to
armstrong. [ laughter ] there you go. [ applause ] it is a busy week for lance armstrong. earlier tonight, he admitted to doping on oprah winfrey, and then he goes to dr. phil to
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disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood tranceusion? >> absolutely not. >> in 2009? >> 2009 and 2010. those were the two years i did the tour. absolutely not. >> yet today investigators tell abc news his blood work from 2009 shows consistent blood manipulation consistent with transfusions. why admit to anything? critics say it's to keep within the statute of limitations and avoid possible criminal charges. even though he did confess the smearing tactics many saw a lack of compassion that seemed bizarre at best. >> are you satisfied by anything you heard? >> no, i'm not. i'm really disappointed. i don't know if i'm stupid willing to give him a second chance, b
disgraced cyclist lance armstrong is facing new criticism a day after he made a nationally televised confession. some are saying he still has not told oprah winfrey the entire truth. >> if lance armstrong's goal was a shot at redemption, he may have just taken a step backwards. >> i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> but investigators say even now he's still lying the he told oprah he stopped doping in 2005. >> you did not do a blood...
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a lot of questions answered last night in part two of lance armstrong's interview with oprah winfrey. the embattled cyclist talked about admitting to his family about doping. he said he told his sons, stop defending him. a former teammate, tyler hamilton had this reaction to the interview. >> it is a first step. he is coming clean. he is telling the story that he has taken performance enhancing joe -- drugs. >> was a genuine emotion? >> i think so. i went through the same process on a much smaller scale. it is going to get easier for him. i think he will open up much more. i think we saw a lot of the truth, but not the whole truth. >> hamilton went on to say that he has never seen lance armstrong shed a tear in their time together, until last night. he says he does not need an apology, he has moved on with his life. >> the home of the tour de france was covered in heavy snow tonight. it may look pretty, but across the country, this has caused some serious traffic problems and accidents. flights have been grounded. it does not appear that any of that is bothering people on the streets
a lot of questions answered last night in part two of lance armstrong's interview with oprah winfrey. the embattled cyclist talked about admitting to his family about doping. he said he told his sons, stop defending him. a former teammate, tyler hamilton had this reaction to the interview. >> it is a first step. he is coming clean. he is telling the story that he has taken performance enhancing joe -- drugs. >> was a genuine emotion? >> i think so. i went through the same...
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and that's going to keep him talking for a long time. >> reporter: walsh says lance armstrong has to become the greatest whistle blower cycling has ever seen. armstrong said he would be willing to appear before an anti-doping agency's truth and reconciliation commission, brian. >> i heard it contended today the sport is cleaner today. and why would that be? >> reporter: they say if you look at the science, it proves it. look at the times. they have gone down since armstrong's era and if you look at blood levels, you're not seeing the high levels where you saw more red blood cells, more oxygen. because they have the bio passport and instead of testing for specific drugs, tests for changes. so when they see those changes, they know a rider is doping. it's more effective. >> anne thompson has covered this issue and this man for years. thanks. >>> ray nagin, who as mayor of new orleans gained notoriety for his erratic behavior during hurricane katrina, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, tax fraud and filing false tax returns.
and that's going to keep him talking for a long time. >> reporter: walsh says lance armstrong has to become the greatest whistle blower cycling has ever seen. armstrong said he would be willing to appear before an anti-doping agency's truth and reconciliation commission, brian. >> i heard it contended today the sport is cleaner today. and why would that be? >> reporter: they say if you look at the science, it proves it. look at the times. they have gone down since armstrong's...
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. >> lance armstrong finally confessed, sitting down with oprah and admitting doping after denying for a dozen years. >> my cocktail was only epo, not a lot, transfusions, and testosterone, all the fault and all blame falls on me. the criticism is pouring in. katie will join us with that criticism in the next half hour. >> students in the university of california system are relieved after the board said there would be no tuition hike next school year wrapping up three days of meetings in san francisco the governor attended and thanked supporters in helping to get the proposition 30 passed in november. the new budget planned for california will help the system avoid tuition increases but he says the system needs a lot more restructuring. >> the model of higher education is broken. that's absolutely true. going forward, what we do about it, what kind of design change is feasible, that remains to be seen. >> it is the second straight year of no tuition increases after the system raised fees every year from 2006 to 2011. >> man is suing a bay area hotel after he was found unconscious suffe
. >> lance armstrong finally confessed, sitting down with oprah and admitting doping after denying for a dozen years. >> my cocktail was only epo, not a lot, transfusions, and testosterone, all the fault and all blame falls on me. the criticism is pouring in. katie will join us with that criticism in the next half hour. >> students in the university of california system are relieved after the board said there would be no tuition hike next school year wrapping up three days of...
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. >>> the associated press is quoting a source reporting tonight that lance armstrong has confessed to oprah winfrey in a three-hour interview taped today that he used performance-enhancing drugs. earlier today before the interview, he sat down with the people who work at the charity he founded, livestrong, to apologize to them. our report on all of it tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: today, after months of silence about whether he would address widespread speculation that he used performance-enhancing drugs, lance armstrong issued an apology to the cancer foundation he founded for what livestrong said was the stress they have endured because of him. the mea culpa happened before armstrong sat down with oprah winfrey for an interview set to air thursday, in which he is expected to offer an admission of some measure. >> he was a transcendent sports figure, bigger than the sport and it was because of the livestrong band, because of the bracelets and people overcoming cancer. and frankly, people at livestrong have been pressuring him for a while now. to minimize this damage. >> r
. >>> the associated press is quoting a source reporting tonight that lance armstrong has confessed to oprah winfrey in a three-hour interview taped today that he used performance-enhancing drugs. earlier today before the interview, he sat down with the people who work at the charity he founded, livestrong, to apologize to them. our report on all of it tonight from nbc's ron mott. >> reporter: today, after months of silence about whether he would address widespread speculation...
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lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out roud was surreal. >> did you ever take enhanced substances? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> in all seven of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood dope? >> yes. >> reporter: so why admit it now? he blamed the momentum of his own story. >> this is too late. it's too late for probably most people. and that's my fault. you know, i view this situation as one big lie that i repeated a lot of times. >> reporter: it is an admission all the more startling when you listen to that other lance armstrong. >> lance armstrong just confirmed his win. >> reporter: the icon who transcended sport, hung around
lance armstrong speaking to oprah winfrey. he says he never ordered his teammates to use performance enhancing drugs while he was winning seven tour de france titles. >> and more than two dozen times he acknowledged lying repeatedly. abc's neal karlinsky has the details. >> reporter: even though we knew it was coming, hearing lance armstrong say it out roud was surreal. >> did you ever take enhanced substances? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope to enhance your...
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the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point which is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is there anything he can say that puts him back in the game either with the public or certainly in a sporting life? >> what we didn't hear from lance which everyone wants to hear is a continual apology. i'm sorry. you really didn't feel warm and fuzzy from his interviewer. in fact, you felt cold. he almost felt distant. it was as if he was doing -- >> the third person. >> exactly. everyone a favor by being here. the interviewer also was too long. he should have just gotten right to the point of what he needed to say and ended it. it was really drawn out. and he was
the second interviewer we saw a more humble lance armstrong. particularly when he talked about the lowest point which is stepping away from his career of service with the foundation. also, the tough times that his son spent defending his father. that's really the time that you saw him break which is when he tug ted hea-- tugged at the heartstrings of every person watching the interviewer. >> any time i see public confessions, part of me is what do we want to hear? he admits he lied. is...
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. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to this question of "why now?" and i can't -- yeah. that's when i knew i had to tell him. and he'd never ask me. he never said, dad, is this true? he trusted me. i said, don't defend me anymore. don't. >> but even after those tears, armstrong, the competitor, came through. you know, after this unbelievable fall from grace, the lifetime ban, he says he wants to race again. ed lavendera is in armstrong's hometown of austin, texas. ed, a thousand-page report from u.s.ada on doping. stripped of the tour de france titles, losing the olympic medal from sydney in 2000, the
. >>> let's stay with sports now and lance armstrong. he opened up to oprah winfrey in a second and final part of their really highly anticipated interview about the effect his doping had on his family. and he actually teared up a bit when he recalled telling his 13-year-old son about using those performance enhancing drugs. >> when this all really started, i saw my son defending me. and saying, that's not true. what you're saying about my dad is not true. and it almost goes to...
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after years of very public denials, lance armstrong is now taking it all back. cyclist who was stripped of his 7 tour de france titles and just today an olympic medal admitted in an interview with oprah winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs. we have more on what lance armstrong confessed. >> after a decade of deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> in all 7 of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood doping. >> yes. >>reporter: in an exclusive interview open the oprah winfrey network the great cyclist lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail so to speak was only e p o. not a lot. transfusions and testosterone. >>reporter: armstrong apologized for his trail of li lies. >> all the fall and blame falls on me. >>reporter: cyclist former best friend and teammate frank andrew says armstrong attacked him for revving to the lie about his drug use. >> i got e-mail. trader rat. second happened cyclist. just ripped apart. >>reporter: while armstrong fu
after years of very public denials, lance armstrong is now taking it all back. cyclist who was stripped of his 7 tour de france titles and just today an olympic medal admitted in an interview with oprah winfrey that he used performance enhancing drugs. we have more on what lance armstrong confessed. >> after a decade of deception, it's the moment many thought would never come. >> in all 7 of your tour de france victories, did you ever take banned substances or blood doping. >>...
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but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was doing it, so it was a level playing field, does he get away with that? >> no! because the worldwide lie on lance armstrong was i'm clean and everybody else is dirty. so how does -- in all ways, how does he put that back in the bottle now? >> and is the sport still dirty? in other words this is about a system that turned a blind eye to this for its own benefit for years and years. is that system still in place? >> the cyclists are always trying to stay ahead of the testers, okay? but the idea that he's now the whistleblower, he reminds me of one of
but i will tell you this about lance armstrong. and it's the lie built and built and built and built. people were unable to look at what a bully this guy is. and now that he's caught, he's like one of those wall street guys and we're supposed to feel bad for him. this isn't about performance-enhancing drugs and how many other guys in the race were doing it. this was about a gigantic lie that went on for 15 years. >> real quickly, this concept that he can come forward and say everyone was...
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lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long. you overcome the disease, you win the tour de france seven times, you have a happy marriages children. i mean it's just this mythic perfect story. >> yes. >> and it wasn't true. >> former cyclist confessed the oprah winfrey and the world in a tv interview to using performance-enhancing drugs for most of his career including seven consecutive tour de france. >> epos ks not a lot, transfusions and testosterone. >> did it feel wrong? >> at the time. >> mm-hmm. >> no. >> but he flatly denied forcing his teammates to dope along with him. >> there was never a direct or
lance armstrong is finally done with what he calls the big lie. he admitted what many had suspected that he doped. in an interview with oprah winfrey armstrong said he started using performance-enhancing drugs in the 1990s and it would have been impossible to win seven tour de france championships any other way. with that more than a decade of lies and cover-ups was over, so was officially the once untouchable legend erika rear of lance armstrong. >> this story was so perfect for so long....
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lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure this is an acceptable answer, but that's like saying we have to have air in our tires. or we have to it have water in our bottles. >> armstrong did say that he was not doping when had he made a comeback to the tour in 2010. he placed third that year. following the interview, armstrong's cap certificate foundation, living strong, released a statement saying "we are disappointed by the news that lance armstrong misled people during and after his cycling career, including us. lance apologized to our staff and we accepted his apology in order to move on." t
lance armstrong doped for most of his career. armstrong told oprah winfrey in an exclusive interview that he used performance enhancers in not just one but all seven of his tour de france victories. he said it was part of a doping culture and in his view leveled the playing field. >> you said we had one ambition to win the greatest bike race. not to just win once, but to keep on winning it and to win it, you had to keep using banned substances to do it. >> yes. but -- i'm not sure...
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lance armstrong gets ready to tell all to oprah later today. america's bravest on the move. soldier ride heads to florida. >>> now for stories making news across america. manhunt ended with gunfire inside a san diego movie theater. armed domestic suspect attempted to blend in with movie goers at a screening but was taken down with two shots after raising his gun to responding officers. the suspect is expected to survive. 40 military vets pedalled their way to a new therapy in the florida keys. they fwikd key west for the annual soldiers ride. they stopped at a dolphin research center to take a swim with the animals. folks in seattle gave themselves a record breaking snow day. 6,000 people used 160,000 pounds of snow to break the world record for the world's largest snowball fun. and people stripped down to boxers and briefs for no pants subway ride. in sports nfl playoffs, texans, tom brady passing for three touchdowns in 41-28 win over the texans. brady's 17th win in post-season play a new nfl record. a thriller in atlanta as the falcons were hot in the closing minutes to s
lance armstrong gets ready to tell all to oprah later today. america's bravest on the move. soldier ride heads to florida. >>> now for stories making news across america. manhunt ended with gunfire inside a san diego movie theater. armed domestic suspect attempted to blend in with movie goers at a screening but was taken down with two shots after raising his gun to responding officers. the suspect is expected to survive. 40 military vets pedalled their way to a new therapy in the...
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you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here, was it believable, you know, he said all of the right words, but is he truly, sincerely apologetic, you know, for what he did here? and when you talk to people, some ask, you know, does it really make a difference, and some say they are disappointed. there are cyclists who are livid, ashleigh, about what they heard the other night. but i spoke with one person, michael hall, he writes for "texas monthly" he rode with lance and he knows him well enough, and he said when you listen to what lance armstrong had to say, you do have to question whether he really meant it,
you will hear more of lance armstrong's jaw-dropping interview. first i want to go right to the heart of where it all happened, at least where it started, austin, texas, lance armstrong's hometown, home base. cnn's george howell is there. george, you know, this is not just a story where people across america are in disbelief are, you know, are outraged, are still angry, are considering forgiving him. this must be hell in his hometown. >> reporter: you know, ashleigh, the question here,...
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for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for you to answer and for now i'd just like a yes or a no. >> okay. >> okay? this whole conversation, we have a lot of time, will be about the details. yes or no? did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performances? >> yes. >> was one of those banned substances epo? >> yes. >> did you ever blood dope or use blood transfusions to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> did you ever use any other banned substances, like testosterone, cortizone, or human growth hormone? >> yes. >> yes or no. in all seven of your tour de france victories, di
for years, lance armstrong cheated, lance armstrong lied. but last night in big public fashion he came clean. in a gripping, surreal interview with oprah, he told oprah point blank he doped to win each of his seven consecutive tour de france titles. he systematically died about doping and ruthlessly attacked his accusers. the 90-minute interview began by cutting to the chase. simple yes or no questions. >> let's start with the questions that people around the world have been waiting for...
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what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in seattle, 46 degrees. >>> a suspect is in custody for the beating of a subway rider in philadelphia. the attack on tuesday was caught on surveillance video. it shows the suspect throwing a woman onto the tracks. she managed to climb onto the platform suffering only minor injuries. >>> a new study from the american cancer society suggests mixed results in the nation's battle to beat cancer. while the overall death rate from the disease is declining, some forms of the disease are increasing. ines ferre reports. >> reporter: cindy underwent a lumpectomy and radiation after doctors discovering cancer
what a san jose mother is saying about the elaborate hoax and lance armstrong confesses. one of the ways he justified his cheating... to himself. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginning at 4:30. good morning. it's friday january 18th. i'm frank mallicoat. >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. washington, mostly sunny, 38. mostly sunny in atlanta, 50. mostly sunny and breezy in st. louis, 48. mostly sunny, denver, 55. morning fog in...
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you covered lance armstrong almost his entire career, i guess. what did you make of what happened tonight? >> never mind, i have said all this and now in this riskless way you wonder if he has a soul. just immediately saying yes, no hesitation. no emotion. this is one riskless guy, as i said. >> the greatest chief in the history of sport? >> absolutely. the biggest fraud. i think we can see why. almost like it is a cold-blooded cheating and a guy who just almost doesn't feel remorse. he says a few times during the interview i feel bad about this. whenever. is almost don't believe that he feels that way. >> unbelievably callous and glibness to his delivery. he is locked up, got caught and i had better say these things. plus you read this notorious piece, i believe and lance armstrong. i understand why he did it because she knew him well. he told you i never ducked and you believed him. you are not the only one that fell for this by any means with respect to sports writers. when you see the scale of the admission tonight, and therefore the scale of
you covered lance armstrong almost his entire career, i guess. what did you make of what happened tonight? >> never mind, i have said all this and now in this riskless way you wonder if he has a soul. just immediately saying yes, no hesitation. no emotion. this is one riskless guy, as i said. >> the greatest chief in the history of sport? >> absolutely. the biggest fraud. i think we can see why. almost like it is a cold-blooded cheating and a guy who just almost doesn't feel...
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>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. <>>durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó haberse dopado >>pero el año pasado la agencia estadounidenses antidopaje, le quitó los siete titulos y le prohibió correr de por vida. >>horas antes pidió perdón a quienes trabajan en su fundacion por los problemas que pudo haber causado >>expertos legales dicen que esto estaría en un costo de 40 millones de dólares, lo que los patrocinadores le han pagado. >>han hecho un control de daños. >>lance armstrong no es la primera estrella del deporte que pasa por esto, y ha usado el sistema de pedir perdón para conseguir la consideracion de los demás >>da mala cosa, que admiren a personas
>>lance armstrong admitió lo que había negado por años, el dopaje. >>y hace un año el presidente hugo chávez dio un informe anual que duró varias horas, hoy lo dio nicolás maduro y duró diez minutos. >durante años lance armstrong nego haberse dopado para obtener ventaja en las compeetencia, hasta ataco a quienes lo acusaron. >>pero la confesion también podría valer millones >>gano siete tour de francia, combatio el cáncer testicular y por años negó...
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>>> lance armstrong's stunning confessions. good >>> lance armstrong sat down with oprah and bombshell after bombshell came out. he admitted he cheated, he lied, he ducked. the rumors he spent years to nine, the world trip. blood doping was his cocktail for cycling competition, blood transfusions and testosterone and on he went. didn't think it was possible. he admits using banned substances in the tour de france and says he was afraid of getting caught. listen to what he told oprah when he he asked if he thought when he was doing was wrong. >> was a big deal to you, did it feel wrong. >> at the time, now. >> did not feel wrong. >> no. scary. did you feel bad about it. >> no. even scarier. >> did you feel in any way that you were cheating? >> no. the scariest. >>> he had to look at the word she to see what it meant and he said it didn't apply to him. joining me as a sports columnist from "usa today." christine, extending interviewed. a full hats off to oprah winfrey, you can't really be to the devastating power of this segment.
>>> lance armstrong's stunning confessions. good >>> lance armstrong sat down with oprah and bombshell after bombshell came out. he admitted he cheated, he lied, he ducked. the rumors he spent years to nine, the world trip. blood doping was his cocktail for cycling competition, blood transfusions and testosterone and on he went. didn't think it was possible. he admits using banned substances in the tour de france and says he was afraid of getting caught. listen to what he told...
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i want to continue the discussion about lance armstrong. for over a decade, he has been denying it. >> i said it for seven years, i said it for longer than seven years. i have never doped. i can say it again, i said it for seven years, it doesn't help. why would i then enter into a sport and dope myself up and risk my life again? that's crazy. i would never do that. that's -- no. no way. >> well, tonight, lance armstrong is expected to confess to the doping that cost him his seven tour de france titles. in just a couple of hours, as ed lavandera mentioned, he'll be sitting down with oprah winfrey, saying he is ready to speak candidly. we also heard this hour, as ed was reporting, he went to the austin headquarters for livestrong to apologize. after years and years of denials under oath, question we're asking here is could coming clean now see armstrong thrown behind bars for perjury. lisa bloom is here with me in l.a. lisa, welcome. >> thank you. >> wow. we don't know. hearing ed lavandera's reporting, the fact he went personally and apolog
i want to continue the discussion about lance armstrong. for over a decade, he has been denying it. >> i said it for seven years, i said it for longer than seven years. i have never doped. i can say it again, i said it for seven years, it doesn't help. why would i then enter into a sport and dope myself up and risk my life again? that's crazy. i would never do that. that's -- no. no way. >> well, tonight, lance armstrong is expected to confess to the doping that cost him his seven...
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lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for him to come into the public's grace. >> maybe he does do some triathlons, if he decides to do that, is there any way that he could actually fool people again, that he might be able to cheat again if he wanted to? >> well, like jennifer anniston said on friends, once a cheater, and i think that's going to be people's expectation at the very start. it's going to be guilty until proven innocent for him for the rest of his days, no matter where it is in the public eye. whether it's a career in politics, whether it's something that
lance armstrong is 41 years old. there's no more trips through the pyrenees in the the tour de france. if you're michael vick and you can still play quarterback when you come back. if you erie lewis, the great linebacker for new orleans, if you're charged with an access - your scandal occurs at the end of your career, there is no going back to the playing field and having it absolve all your sins, there's really nowhere for lance to go on a competitive basis, so that mai makes it difficult for...
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lance armstrong already lost all seven of this tour de france titles. now looks like he'll have to give up even more. that's coming up, as we approach bottom of the hour, top of the news. >> the stung fall from grace continues for lance armstrong. the international olympic committee announced it has asked the disgraced cyclist to return his bond medal from the 2000 has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles, and this week he reportedly admitted to oprah winfrey that he doped. >> trace gallagher has the news now. trace, is the timing of this related to the oprah interview at all? >> no, not at all. greg. in fact the international olympic committee started talking about revoking lance armstrong's bronze medal last moth but it was a timing issue because they head to wait for the ioc to strip lance armstrong -- the international cycling union to strip him of his seven tour de france titles and then lance armstrong had 21 days to appeal losing the titles, which he did not appeal so now the bronze medal is gone and the bike rider who was fourth behi
lance armstrong already lost all seven of this tour de france titles. now looks like he'll have to give up even more. that's coming up, as we approach bottom of the hour, top of the news. >> the stung fall from grace continues for lance armstrong. the international olympic committee announced it has asked the disgraced cyclist to return his bond medal from the 2000 has been stripped of his seven tour de france titles, and this week he reportedly admitted to oprah winfrey that he doped....
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what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money professionally again in the public eye, this was the very beginning, you have to admit you made a mistake. come clean, apologize, and then you can rebuild from there. >> you can do a million interviews with oprah, that won't work for the usada. >> this has no bearing on whether he can go back to competing in triathlons at all. and usada has been very clear about that. and they would look at this interview as kind of a gauge about what he might say to them. i don't think they would be satisfied with a lot of these answers. >> dr. ferrari, the centerpiece
what's next for lance armstrong? going to talk with reed abergotti, legal reporter from "the wall street journal" and sports agent drew rosenhouse with us. drew, i'll begin with you if i can. did it work? did what lance armstrong need to do last night, was he effective in doing it? >> we won't know for a while whether or not it works, what his objectives are. for him to get back into the public eye, to become an athlete, personality, or someone who hopes to make money...
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get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that willingness to do anything to win in cycling that took him to some dark places and seeing exactly as we wrote in our book the secret race we are seeing exactly what that place looked like and what it is made of and the decisions he made,. >> rose: the answer to the question, why would he dope in the first place is simply the competition and the need to win? >> it has to do with the way he is built, this is what makes lance, lance he so easy the word in a very binary way, he looks out at a landscape if something will help him and if it won't, he won't do it, so that same strategy, that same mindset which made hi
get on national headline programs, it doesn't, it did with lance armstrong and after lance armstrong it didn't and it is again because lance armstrong is in the news again. it is a massive story and i think his story had as many sort of components to it of what people look to sports for as any story that has ever been told in sports. >> rose: daniel. >> it is a greek myth, we have seen his rise and now we are compelled by his fall because it is driven by the same quality, that...
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. >> lance armstrong and his tell all interview. what he told oprah and a nation- wide audience. >>> failing to spare the air. the one county that is leading the way in a pollution complaint department. ktvu channel 2 news continues. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us friday morning, january 18th i'm pam cook. >> and good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check mayor weather and traffic. steve is right here. we can all say a collective thank you to steve. he's telling us the weather is changing. >> i was going to say do i owe you money? >> i'm glad you have such control. >> i do. i put the order in. we do have a nice pattern coast and bay. temperatures really warmed up but 27 in santa rosa to 49 in san francisco. i mean just tremendous difference. livermore is 29. oakland is 40. it will be in the 50s and 60s to even upper 60s near 70 toward santa cruz. here is sal. >>> steve, we have a problem on the peninsula i will get to in a moment. on the golden gate bridge the traffic does look good heading south. i want to show you the m
. >> lance armstrong and his tell all interview. what he told oprah and a nation- wide audience. >>> failing to spare the air. the one county that is leading the way in a pollution complaint department. ktvu channel 2 news continues. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us friday morning, january 18th i'm pam cook. >> and good morning, i'm dave clark. let's check mayor weather and traffic. steve is right here. we can all say a collective thank you to steve. he's...
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lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted for telling the truth when he was still lying. >> this is a guy who used to be my friend who decimated me. he could have come clean. he owed it to me. he oweds it to the sport that he destroyed. >> her husband used to ride with lance armstrong. she's going to join us later tonight, and again, will be reacting instantly to what she hears from armstrong. last night, she said armstrong dropped the ball, that he owed to her and her husband frankie to come clean. when he was lying, they were telling the truth, and he tried to destroy them, what she rea reacted so
lance armstrong's riveting but incomplete confession. incomplete and many say other things as well, some say calculating, cocky, and cruel. whatever you call it, his effort continues as oprah winfrey runs the second installment of hir interview with the disgraced tour de france winner. after the interview, we'll have another edition of "360." this portion expected to deal with his betrayal of live strong. some people are less than happy with his confession so far. people he targeted...
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lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of lying. they've been testing me like crazy. they've been following you. don't the results speak for themselves at a certain point? >> jon: hello! hello. [ laughter ] nailed it again. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] you know what? for as good as interviewing as i am, i would not be surprised if armstrong was also banging david patreaus. [ laughter ] looking at how the two of us have aged since that interview, i need to start doping. [ laughter ] so armstrong admits doping. it's a long road back to redemption. how can he find himself back
lance armstrong was doping. of course he was. you can best cancer and you can win the tour de france but you can't beat the tour de france 7 times and beat cancer or vice versa meaning you have won the tour de france and lost seven testicles. it's obvious in hindsight. it's like the tooth fairy. of course, a winged fairy spends her life collecting baby teeth yet somehow has money in her pocket to give out. defies credibility. any idiot with half a brain should have been able to see armstrong of...
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"good morning america," much more reaction on the lance armstrong-oprah interview in the morning. we are always online at abcnews.com. i'll meet you back here. >> one of the great east lie and biggest coverup in all of sports. good evening everyone. >> the man who for years defiantly and repeatedly denied cheat to go we know all the cycling races admitting that he lied. in an i with oprah aired tonight the disgraced cyclist finally confesses to the truth. here's brandy. >>reporter: after a decade of deception the moment many thought would never come. >> all 7 of your tour de france victories did you ever take banned substances or blood dop dope. >> yes. >> in an exclusive interview on the oprah winfrey network great cyclist lance armstrong finally confessed to using banned substances to help him compete. >> my cocktail so to speak was only em p o. not a lot. transfusions and testosterone. >> armstrong apologized for his trail of lies. >> all the falt and all the blame here falls on me. >> cyclist former best friend teammate andrew armstrong attacked him for revving to lie about hi
"good morning america," much more reaction on the lance armstrong-oprah interview in the morning. we are always online at abcnews.com. i'll meet you back here. >> one of the great east lie and biggest coverup in all of sports. good evening everyone. >> the man who for years defiantly and repeatedly denied cheat to go we know all the cycling races admitting that he lied. in an i with oprah aired tonight the disgraced cyclist finally confesses to the truth. here's brandy....